Invitation Wording with only one parent “hosting”?
Qυеѕtіοח bу *~♥Mrs♥~*: Invitation Wording wіtһ οחƖу one parent “hosting”?
I need һеƖр wіtһ tһе wording οf mу invites, ok..Mу father іѕ paying fοr аbουt 80-90% οf tһе wedding…Mу fiance’ father іѕ חοt a һυɡе раrt οf ουr lives. Sο һе іѕ doing nothing.
Aחԁ both οf ουr mothers һаνе passed..ѕο I wаѕ thinking οf something Ɩіkе tһіѕ
Mr. John Smith
Request tһе honor οf уουr presence
аt tһе marriage οf һіѕ one аחԁ οחƖу daughter
BRIDE
tο
GROOM
date
рƖасе
blah blah blah
Bυt I аm nervous іf I ԁο tһіѕ һіѕ father wіƖƖ ѕау something tο someone…anyone…
Jυѕt ѕοmе feed back wουƖԁ bе nice аחԁ NOTHING negative PLEASE I’m stressed out enough wіtһ tһіѕ BS…
Sorry I don’t mean negative Ɩіkе everyone agrees wіtһ mе οח tһіѕ,
I mean tһе negative nasty uncalled fοr…
lil stressed wіtһ аƖƖ going οח wіtһ рƖаחחіחɡ аחԁ іt VERY getting close.
ok maybe I сουƖԁ leave tһе “one аחԁ οחƖу out”
Bυt I јυѕt saw іt аѕ I’m mу father οחƖу child аחԁ һе raised mе. I don’t know..I ԁο see wһеrе people аrе coming frοm
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8 Responses to “Invitation Wording with only one parent “hosting”?”
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i don’t see the need for the one and only daughter part but if that’s what you and your dad want on the invites than go for it.
i would leave that out and just have it
mr john smith requests the honor of your presence for the marriage of his daughter
yadda yadda
the other dad shouldn’t say anything about the wording if he’s not contributing he’s not mentioned generally
I would also skip out on the “one and only daughter part”. Your family will know you’re the only daughter. Other than that, “Mr. John Smith requests the honor of your presence at the marriage of his daughter” is just fine. Run it by your fiance and your father to make sure, then get them printed up.
It does not matter who is paying for the wedding, when you are deciding how to word the invites.
Also, please avoid the phrase “his one and only daughter.” It sounds a bit corny. Just say daughter. Maybe even beloved daughter.
Find a way to include his father’s name on the invite, perhaps just by saying the groom’s name, son of Mr. John Doe of Anywhere, U.S.A.
If you would like, it is also totally acceptable to include the name of deceased parents on the invites: it can be worded something like, “Join us in the celebration of marriage between Jane Smith, daughter of Mr. Mike Smith and the late Mrs. Mary Miller Smith, and Matthew Doe, son of Mr. John Doe and the late Mrs. Catherine Murphy Doe. It is done all the time.
No one can complain about this method and then you can stop stressing and start enjoying your plans.
mr john smith
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter, jane
to mr jack jones
on friday, the fifth of march, 2009
this is the socially accepted and correct way to word the invite. the socially correct way to word this is to have the invite come from the parents or parent of the bride only, since traditionally they are the ones who pay for the wedding. it has nothing to do with the fiances father. nothing at all. you can look this up in any etiquette book.
for anyone who knows the least little thing about weddings the invite is correctly worded. if the fiances father says something he is just ignorant of how wedding invites are worded. not including him has nothing to do with him paying or not paying, honoring or not honoring him. it is the brides parents invite. there is no need at all for any stress or even a single thought of stress over this. i am concerned that you would be worried about something like this. what in the world could this man say? i assure you what you are doing if you use the above is completely correct and fine. i cant imagine for the life of me what he would say, but if he said something he would only look foolish, not you, and that is not of your concern. we own a company and part of our service is invitations, especially wedding invites, going back years and years, and i am a bit of an expert in this.
do not write ‘one and only’
it’s good except it should say requests to make it correct… and take out the “one and only” part.
no you have to mention his father even though he is not paying. you should write
Mr. John Smith
Requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his one and only daughter
BRIDE
to
GROOM
son of (Fathers name)
date
place
blah blah blah
Hi. It’s great the way you have it……however, here are my suggestions:
(1) The “r” in request does not need to be capitalized.
(2) It should read “requests” not just request
(3) I would take out the “one and only”
to read:
Mr. John Smith
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
BRIDE
to
GROOM
(day and date)
(year)
(time)
(ceremony location)
(ceremony address)
(city, state)
OR…..if you think his dad will “flip out,” you can always say, under the groom’s name….the father’s name. That way at least you are recognizing the father, but it does not imply that he is contributing. So it would read as:
Mr. John Smith
requests the honor of your presence
at the marriage of his daughter
BRIDE
to
GROOM
son of Mr. Thomas Johnson
(day and date)
(year)
(time)
(ceremony location)
(ceremony address)
(city, state)
Bride,
daughter of John Smith and the late Lucy Smith
and
Groom,
son of Henry Jones and the late Susan Jones
request the honor of your presence…..